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May 18: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

May 18th marks the 138th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 139th in case of leap years). There are 227 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Pope John Paul II (1920), Yannick Noah (1960) and Tina Fey (1970).
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2019 Eurovision Song Contest 2019, Duncan Laurence representing the Netherlands wins the 2019 edition with "Arcade". This is the first time that the country has won since 1975.
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting: In Texas, United States, a school shooting occurs at Santa Fe High School. Twelve others are hurt and eight students are killed, along with two teachers. (KTRK-TV),
2017 United States aircraft bombed a convoy belonging the Syrian pro-government militia in a "deconfliction area" around Al-Tanf.
2016 War in North-West Pakistan: Two bombings in Peshawar, Pakistan kill a police officer.
2015 Saudi Arabian-led intervention Yemen: After a five-day ceasefire, the Saudi Arabia-led airstrikes on the Houthi rebels resume.
2014 Khalifa Haftar's group, which also includes the rebellious Libyan general Mokhtar Farnana launches an attack against the Parliament of Libya.
2013 Iraqi insurgency, post-U.S. withdrawal: Gunmen enter the Baghdad suburbs home of an antiterrorism officer and kill him and his family.
2012 Mexican Drug War
2011 Three Tunisian security personnel are killed during a clash between gunmen in northern Tunisia.
2010 A new study found that wealth gaps between black and white Americans increased more than four-fold between 1984 and 2007.
2009 Sri Lankan Civil War. The LTTE have been defeated by the Sri Lankan government. This brings an end to almost 26 years worth of fighting between these two sides.
2008 The 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards is held at the MGM Grand Las Vegas, Nevada. Entertainer of The Year: Kenny Chesney
2007 Six people are killed and 50 injured by a bomb that was planted in Juliaca, Peru's market place.
2006 Loktantra andolan's government approves a landmark bill that reduces the power of the monarchy, making Nepal a secular nation.
2005 A spokesman from the Georgian Interior Ministry said that a handgrenade discovered amongst spectators at a speech by President George W. Bush in Tbilisi last week failed to work, even though it was live and could have exploded. Initial thought was that it was a dummy bomb.
2004 Sonia Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India.
2003 Andrew Meldrum, a reporter for 'The Guardian', is being deported. He has been covering Zimbabwe for 23 years.
2000 Boo.com goes bankrupt due to insufficient funds after six months
1999 The Backstreet Boys release their album, Millennium.
1998 The US Department of Justice and twenty state attorneys general file a lawsuit against Microsoft, charging the company with violations of the Sherman Act: exclusive dealing and unlawful tying, monopoly maintenance in the operating system market, and attempted monopoly of the browser market.
1997 King David, opens at New Amsterdam Theater, New York City
1996 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner.
1995 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma.
1994 Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip
1993 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola.
1992 US Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs.
1991 117th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54.
1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant
1989 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl
1988 Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen.
1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yard pool.
1985 One Night In Bangkok by Murray Head hits #3
1983 US Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program.
1982 Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion.
1980 China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket
1978 Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work.
1977 Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164
1974 100th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6.
1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany.
1972 Me & The Chimp, last airs on CBS-TV
1971 Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim found
1969 Apollo 10 (Stafford / Cernan / Young) launched toward lunar orbit
1968 Al Kaline hits his 307th homerun, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Detroit Tiger.
1967 Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London
1965 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Captain
1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC
1963 Beast in Me closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 4 performances
1961 Donnybrook! opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 68 performances
1960 Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn
1959 Judy by David Seville hits #86
1958 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open.
1957 83rd Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold Ruler wins in 1:56.2.
1956 Mickey Mantle hits homerun from both sides of plate for record third time.
1955 Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam
1954 European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect.
1953 1st woman to break sound barrier
1952 Professor WF Libby says Stonehenge dates back to 1848 BCE.
1951 UN moves HQ to New York City
1950 Liar opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances
1949 Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America incorporates.
1948 Ballet Ballads opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 62 performances
1944 Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins; they are accused of collaborating with the Germans.
1943 Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea.
1942 New York City ends night baseball games for the rest of war.
1941 An Egyptian steamer sinks
1940 German troops conquer Brussels
1935 Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 minutes on cricket debut for Somerset.
1934 Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print
1933 Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, to build dams for electricity generation.
1929 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8.
1927 Ritz Hotel opens in Boston
1926 Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice California She showed up a month later and said she had been kidnapped
1922 Sergei Diaghilev, James Joyce, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Proust and Igor Stravinsky dine together in Paris, at the Majestic hotel, their only joint meeting.
1918 Netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia.
1917 US passes Selective Service act.
1916 US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft.
1912 Maurits Binger establishes two Dutch movie companies.
1911 President / Dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends
1910 The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
1908 US Congress mandates that "In God We Trust" appear on all US coins.
1904 American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco.
1903 The port of Burgas, Bulgaria opens.
1900 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga.
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Top #1 songs in the USA

2017 DJ Khaled Featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne - I'm The One
2016 Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla - One Dance
2015 Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth - See You Again
2014 John Legend - All Of Me
2013 Macklemore - Can't Hold Us
2012 Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
2011 Adele - Rolling In The Deep
2010 Eminem - Not Afraid
2009 The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
2008 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
2007 Maroon5 - Makes Me Wonder
2006 Rihanna - SOS
2005 Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
2004 Usher - Yeah!
2003 Sean Paul - Get Busy
2002 Ashanti - Foolish
2001 Janet - All For You
2000 Santana - Maria, Maria
1999 Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
1998 Next - Too Close
1997 The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
1996 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Tha Crossroads
1995 Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
1994 All-4-One - I Swear
1993 Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes
1992 Kris Kross - Jump
1991 Hi-Five - I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)
1990 Madonna - Vogue
1989 Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
1988 Gloria Estefan - Anything For You
1987 U2 - With Or Without You
1986 Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All
1985 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
1984 Lionel Richie - Hello
1983 David Bowie - Let's Dance
1982 Paul McCartney - Ebony And Ivory
1981 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
1980 Blondie - Call Me
1979 Peaches & Herb - Reunited
1978 Wings - With A Little Luck
1977 Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
1976 The Sylvers - Boogie Fever
1975 Tony Orlando and Dawn - He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)
1974 Ray Stevens - The Streak
1973 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
1972 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
1971 Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
1970 The Guess Who - American Woman
1969 The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)
1968 Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up
1967 The Young Rascals - Groovin'
1966 The Mamas & The Papas - Monday, Monday
1965 The Beatles - Ticket To Ride
1964 Mary Wells - My Guy
1963 Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy
1962 The Shirelles - Soldier Boy
1961 Del Shannon - Runaway
1960 Elvis Presley - Stuck On You
1959 Dave Baby Cortez - The Happy Organ
1958 David Seville - Witch Doctor
1957 Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
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